Water-closet.



H. S. RUMSEY.

WATER GLOSET.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.14. 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, w09.

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'HORCE S. RUMSEY, OF ST. lLOUIS, MISSt'Jll'RI.v

WATER 942,464. Specification o f Letters Patent.

application alsa 'epm 14,1909. serial no. 489,917.

To all whom it ma/y Gomera?,

Be it known that I, HORACE S. RUMsnr, a citizen of lthe United States of America, residin at the city of St. Louis, ,in the State o Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tater-Closets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the vaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in'water closets, and more particularly to water closets for use in prisons, the invention having for its main object the production of a closet seat and hinge therefor in which the seat parts are so united byI a concealed pintle as to render it impossiblev for a prisonerto detach the seat .parts for any Y motive, such, for instance, as with the pur.`

pose of using it as a weapon in an attempt to commit an assault.

Figure I is an elevation of a water closet constructed in accordance with my inven tion, with a wall, shown in vertical section,

interposed between the bowl and water supply connections. Fig. II 4is in part an enlarged top or plan view of the closet seat, and in part a horizontalsection through the hinge of the seat. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical section through the hinge' of the closet seat.

In the accompanying drawingsA designates the bowl of a water closet located at one side of the wall B.

C and D are respectively a iushing tank and pipe connectimlocated` at the back of the wall B so that they are inaccessible from the compartment in which the closet bowl is iocated.

1 designates the body of a closet seat pro.- vided at its rear end with perforated 4ears 2 and 2 which are integral with, or rigidlyl connected to, the body of the seat.

3 isa perforated hinge member having an outer ear 4 and an inner ear 5, between which the ear 2 ofthe closetseat is movably itted.V The outer ear 4 is provided with a blind ingther'einto from the inner side of the ear, (seeFig. II,-') while the inner ear 5 'of the hinge member 3 is pro` vided witha pintle hole 5 extcndingtherethrough and adapted to register with' the blind pintle socket 4, and also with the perforation in the ear. 2 lof the closet seat. Thehinge member '3.has formed integral therewith, or rigidly connected thereto, studs orY screws 6 located at the rear of the hingy member, and which'extend through the wall B, and have applied to them nuts 7 located at the rear of said wall, and wherebythe hinge member 3y is firmly held in position against said wall with the fastening members so located as to be inaccessible-in the compartment in which the water closet bowl and its seat are located.

'8 designates a hinge :member companionable with the hinge member 3 and having an ear 9, betvxieenwhich and the inner ear 5 of the hinge member 3 the ear 2 of the closet seat is located. The ear 9 of the-hinge member 8 is provided with a blind pintle socket 10 that extends Voutwardly from the inner side of said eariand is in registration with the pintle hole 5 in the inner ear of the hinge member 3, and the blind lpintle socket ber 3 and is provided with a stem 11 that projects into a blind opening-in the rear portion of the hinge member 3 for the purpose of preventing vertical movement of either of the hinge members relative to each other. Projecting rearwardly from the back of the hinge member 8 is a stud or screw 12, similar to the studs orscrews 6,

applied to it at the rear of said wall a nut 13 whereby a fastening for the hinge memcessible in the compartment in which the water closet bowl and its seat are located.

14 designates a pintle that extends through closet seat; .the pintle hole 5 in the inner- .ear 5 of the hinge member 3, and the ends of whichvare seated in vthe blind pintle sockets 4 and 10'of`the hinge member ears 4 and 9. It will be readily seen that when the hinge of the hinge members, as explained, .andthe pintle 14 in the position stated, the'said the perforations in the seat ears 2 and 2',

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and which extends from the wall B and has so ber 8 is provided similar to the fastenings` 4 f-the hingemember 3 and which is inac-` the perforatioris in the ears 2 and 2 of the members 3v and 8 are assembled, the ears 0f? the closet seat inposition between theears pintle is entirely hidden from view. Them/in the pintle of the hinge is rendered-inacceswhen the stems 6 and 12 of the hinge mehr,

bers have been passed through the wall and v` had their fastening members applied to-themY at the rear of the wallsaidjl ii1 ige members-Y are etfectually held from separation soth'at f iro sible with the result of making it impossible tween vwhich and the first named hinge for a person in ,the compartment in which the seat from its hinge.

I claim:

l-. 'l `he combination in a Water closet, ofa seat having ears and a divided hinge member `therefor having ears closely fitted to the' ears of the seat and a concealed pintle connecting the ears of the seat and hinge the closet and Sent are located to .detach member, and fastening means whereby said hinge member may be secured to a support;

Y seat, a hinge section provided with a pair of' said fastening .means being inaccessible in the compartment in which the water closet is located.

2. The combination in a Water closet, of a ears between which one of the ears of said seat is iitted, and a second hinge section besection the other ear of said seat is fitted, a pintle connecting the ears of said seat and hinge sections, and means carried by said hinge sections whereby they may be attached to a support. l

3. The combination in a Water closet, of a seat and pair of hinge sections provided with means for attaching them to a snpy port, and a pintle connecting said seat to said hinge sections, one of said hinge sections being provided at. its inner end with a stem entering into the' other hinge section.

HORACE s. nUMsEY.

In the presence of H. Gr. COOK, E. B. Linx. 

